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To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
Max Beerbohm
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Max Beerbohm
Age: 83 †
Born: 1872
Born: August 24
Died: 1956
Died: May 20
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Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
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The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.
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I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
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Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
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